Dessert

Gathering before the storm: These fishing boats seek shelter in Shenjiamen harbor in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. After causing chaos in Japan, Typhoon Pulasan is expected to make landfall in Jiangsu, north of Zhejiang, on Friday morning. However, forecasts assume that it will have weakened by then. Korea will also be affected by the storm: Pulasan will […]

As every year, China marked the anniversary of the so-called Mukden incident with patriotic pomp on Sept. 18. Ninety-three years ago, Japanese officers carried out an explosive attack on the South Manchurian Railway in north-eastern China. The incident, for which the Chinese were held responsible at the time, is regarded as the prelude to the […]

It doesn’t get any more Chinese than this: For the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 on September 17, the pandas at Chongqing Zoo were served mooncakes. It was also practically Christmas for the animals in other panda enclosures throughout the country. The bears at the zoo in Sichuan Panda Province were served a feast of mooncakes made […]

The world of sports has long been unable to get past China. Its market is too tempting for sports associations to avoid the People’s Republic as a venue for world championships or World Cup series. Consequently, China now hosts ski jumping and luge competitions, Formula 1 and motocross races. Over the weekend, the off-road machines […]

Visitors to the Hunan Museum in Changsha admire a garment from the Han tombs of Mawangdui. “Thin as a cicada’s wing,” the 48-gram textile is the thinnest and lightest complete garment ever found during archaeological excavations, according to the museum.The Mawangdui tombs, uncovered between 1972 and 1974, are certainly among the most important archaeological finds […]

US rapper Kanye West plans to hold a listening session for his new album in Haikou on the Chinese island of Hainan on September 15. What many fans in the West don’t know is that “Ye” lived in Nanjing as a child, where his mother worked as an exchange teacher. The controversies surrounding Kanye West’s […]

What may seem like a temple is the Beer Niu, a craft beer museum docked onto a concert venue in Nanjing. In the early 2000s, craft beers only accounted for around one percent of the national beer market. Today, more than 13,000 companies in China brew their own beer. And even large companies such as […]

Better safe than sorry: Police officers in Altay in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region look over the shoulder of a hotel concierge as two guests check-in. The inspection’s purpose is to monitor hotel guest registration procedures and local security measures.

They are simply everywhere: Moon cakes are a must in China around the Moon Festival. These bakers in Taizhou, Jiangsu, make sure of that. It is impossible to tell from the outside whether they are sweet or savory, but some fillings are probably a matter of taste. Or how do you feel about salted egg […]

Unintentionally bewitching: These half-timbered houses in Zhenjiang in Jiangsu province have become overgrown like something out of a fairy tale, giving them an unintentionally exotic appearance. What looks like a perfect place to visit for fans of lost places and a real treat for photographers was originally supposed to be an amusement park. As a […]